Yep, if you get yourself one of these …Yep, if you get yourself one of these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M-2-PCI-E-NVMe-Adapter-Card-to-PCI-Express-3-0-Full-Speed-x4-SSD-M-Key-SDD-AC765/262970588022?epid=2260856919&hash=item3d3a44bb76:g:Gv4AAOSw8lpZEYg-orhttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/S102-External-B-Key-M-2-NGFF-SSD-to-2-5-SATA-Converter-Adapter-Enclosure-Case/222639609806?_trkparms=aid=555018&algo=PL.SIM&ao=2&asc=49138&meid=ea34b9c8858b418fa76baabdc4ac9fa9&pid=100005&rk=2&rkt=6&sd=152490019698&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

Super! I assume there wouldn't be any bottleneck if I use this adapter?

By buying into the Apple economy, you are agreeing to pay 50-100% more for …By buying into the Apple economy, you are agreeing to pay 50-100% more for hardware (often with proprietary features and lock outs) than the PC equivalents.

and you get a laptop Operating system which is much better than windows and a trackpad that no windows trackpad comes NEAR to matching. - running OSX on a windows laptop is pants by the way.

Disclaimer #1 *sent from my Dell XPS 13* (the flagship windows laptop which I thought I bought as an "upgrade" to a macbook pro) just mentioning in case you thought I was just a blind apple fan. I tried both and Macbooks are in another league.

Disclaimer #2 *sent by a Windows 10 desktop user* just mentioning to demonstrate I am very conversant with both OS! I just far far prefer OSX on a portable.

Really, here was me thinking they took standard M.2 form factor drives. …Really, here was me thinking they took standard M.2 form factor drives. Where specified they are of NVMe level making them blisteringly fast. Has Apple started soldering drives in? They did with memory.

ram is soldered, i swapped the faulty sd6pq4m-128g-1021 for a samsung 250GB one, It was compatible as I was hoping.